Jagatballavpur is an administrative division in Howrah Sadar subdivision of Howrah district

Howrah District

Howrah district is a district of the West Bengal state in eastern India. It has thousands of years of rich heritage in the form of the great Bengali kingdom of Bhurshut. The district is named after its headquarters, the city of Howrah.-Geography:...

 in the India

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n state

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 of West Bengal

West Bengal

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. Jagatballavpur police station serves this block. Headquarters of this block is at Munsirhat

Munsirhat

Munsirhat is part of the Jagatballavpur bloc in the Howrah Sadar subdivision of the Howrah district in the Indian state of West Bengal.-Transport:...

. Mansinhapur

Mansinhapur

Mansinhapur is a census town under Jagatballavpur police station in Sadar subdivision of Howrah district in the Indian state of West Bengal.-History:...

 is an urban area in this block.

Geography

Jagatballavpur is located at 22.6788°N 88.1171°E

Jagatballavpur community development block

Community Development Block in India

The Community development block is a rural area earmarked for administration and development in India. The area is administered by a Block Development Officer...

 has an area of 124.89  km².

Gram panchayats

Gram panchayat

Gram panchayat

Gram panchayats are local self-governments at the village or small town level in India. As of 2002 there were about 265,000 gram panchayats in India. The gram panchayat is the foundation of the Panchayat System. A gram panchayat can be set up in villages with minimum population of 300...

s of Jagatballavpur block/panchayat samiti

Panchayat samiti

Panchayat samiti is a local government body at the tehsil or Taluka level in India. It works for the villages of the Tehsil or Taluka that together are called a Development Block. The Panchayat Samiti is the link between the Gram Panchayat and the district administration. There are a number of...

 are: Baragachhia I, Baragachhia II, Gobindapur, Hantal Anantabati, Islampur, Jagatballavpur I, Jagatballavpur II, Laskarpur, Maju, Pantihal, Polegustia, Shankarhati I, Shankarhati II, and Shialdanga.

Demographics

As per 2001 census, Jagatballavpur block had a total population of 225166, out of which 114,050 were males and 111,116 were females. Jagatballavpur block registered a population growth of 14.05 per cent during the 1991-2001 decade. Decadal growth for Howrah district was 12.76 per cent.Decadal growth in West Bengal was 17.84 per cent.

Scheduled castes at 52,400 formed around one-fourth the population. Scheduled tribes numbered 3,657.

Literacy

As per 2001 census, Jagatballavpur block had a total literacy of 71.58 per cent for the 6+ age group. While male literacy was 79.34 per cent female literacy was 63.60 per cent. Howrah district had a total literacy of 77.01 per cent, male literacy being 83.22 per cent and female literacy being 70.11 per cent.

Transport

Jagatballavpur is connected to Howrah by rail through the station of Bargachia of South Eastern Railway

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 of Kharagpur

Kharagpur

Kharagpur is an industrial city in India. It is located in the Midnapore West district of the state of West Bengal.Kharagpur was chosen as the location of the first campus of the prestigious Indian Institutes of Technology . The IITs are the premier technical education institutes in India and...

 division. Earlier railway was connected up to here, later it was connected to Amta in the year 2000, by the then, Railway Minister, Mamata Banerjee, en route, Patihal, Munsirhat

Munsirhat

Munsirhat is part of the Jagatballavpur bloc in the Howrah Sadar subdivision of the Howrah district in the Indian state of West Bengal.-Transport:...

, Mahendralal, Maju and Haridaspur. The rail track to Amta

Amta

Amta I is an administrative division in Uluberia subdivision of Howrah district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Amta police station serves this block...

 is of single electrified line, but railways run nearly 10 to 12 services in all. There will be another rail line to Tarakeswar

Tarakeswar

Tarakeswar is a town and a municipality in Hooghly District in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is a police station in Chandannagar subdivision. Tarakeswar is a renowned place of pilgrimage and the greatest centre of the Shiva sect in West Bengal. 58 km away from Kolkata, Tarakeswar can be...

, en route Jangipara

Jangipara

Jangipara is an administrative division in Srirampore subdivision of Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Jangipara police station serves this block...

, Champadanga

Champadanga

Champadanga is a village under Tarakeswar bloc and police station in Chandannagore subdivision of Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal.-Economics:This is a rich agricultural area with several cold storages. Chief products are potato and rice....

. These two routes were sanctioned by Railway Ministry in year 1971, but the later route is still not constructed.

Communication

Jagatballavpur area exchange with code 3214 serves: Ajodhya, Amta

Amta

Amta I is an administrative division in Uluberia subdivision of Howrah district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Amta police station serves this block...

, Bagnan

Bagnan

Bagnan is a census town in Howrah district in the state of West Bengal, in eastern India. It has one of the busiest railway stations in South Eastern Railway Zone within West Bengal.-Geography:...

, Bakshirhat, Chitrasenpur, Gangadharpur, Jagatballavpur, Kalyanpur, Kanpur-Puras, Panchla

Panchla

Panchla is a census town and police station in Sadar subdivision of Howrah district in the Indian state of West Bengal.-Geography:Panchla is located at . It has an average elevation of 7 metres .-Demographics:...

, Shyampur

Shyampur, West Bengal

Shyampur I is an administrative division in Uluberia subdivision of Howrah district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Shyampur police station serves this block...

, and Udaynarayanpur

Udaynarayanpur

Udaynarayanpur is an administrative division in Uluberia subdivision of Howrah district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Udaynarayanpur police station serves this block...

.